Best PlacesCasselton, ND Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Casselton, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Casselton ranks 8,373rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Casselton
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Casselton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Casselton ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Casselton ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
- Short commute31.8 minutes each way, better than only 25% of towns
- Cheap childcare$948 a month, better than only 30% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Casselton
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Casselton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,480, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Casselton's effective rate of 0.93%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Casselton
Casselton runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Casselton.
Who works in Casselton, and how
Work in Casselton centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Casselton
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Casselton.
What the weather is like in Casselton, month by month
Casselton sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 22, with lows near 3. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22° | 12° | 3° |
| April | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| July | 85° | 73° | 59° |
| October | 60° | 46° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Casselton
The nearest airport, Hector International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 237 miles away.
The best schools in and around Casselton
Schools across Casselton average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Cass Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Cass Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Cass High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Casselton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Casselton measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Casselton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Casselton
Is Casselton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Casselton ranks 8,373rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and population health, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Casselton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,174. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $78,480 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Casselton safe?
Yes, Casselton is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
Compare Casselton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Casselton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Casselton represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Casselton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Casselton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Casselton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Casselton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Casselton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Casselton detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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